WND CRIME

Doctor admits stealing, selling newborns

Trafficking big problem despite punishments including death

(NEWS) — A Chinese doctor has admitted in court that she stole babies from the hospital where she worked and sold them to human traffickers.

Zhang Shuxia, a locally respected and soon-to-retire obstetrician, stood trial on Monday in northern Shaanxi province’s Fuping county, according to online postings from the court.

Zhang told parents their newborns had congenital problems and persuaded them to “sign and give the babies up,” the court postings said. Calls to the Weinan Intermediate People’s Court and the local Communist Party propaganda department went unanswered.